Glove for husking corn



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GLOVE FOR HUSKING CORN.

No. 250,068. Patented Nov. 29,1881.

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GLOVE FOR HUSKING CORN.

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GLOVE FOR HUSKING CORN.

No. 250,068. Patented Nov. 29,1881.

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WILLIAM E. HALL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GLOVE FOR HUSKING CORN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,068, dated November 29, 1881.

Application filed May 28, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. HALL, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United 5 States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gloves for Husking Corn, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are viewsshowing the palm and back of a left-handed glove having the first finger adapted to receive a single finger of the hand. Figs. 3 and 4 are views showing the palm and back of a right-handed halfglove having two fingers, one for each of the first two fingers of the hand. Figs. 5 and 6 are views respectively showing the back of a right-hand glove adapted to receive the first two fingers of the hand. Figs. 7 and 8 are views showing the back of a half-glove adapted to receive two fingers of the hand. Fig. 9 shows the blank for the main half of the glove shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 10 shows the blank for the main portion of the thumb of both forms of gloves. Figs. 11 and 12 show the blanks for the remaining fingers of the glove. Fig. 13 shows the blank for the secondary or remaining portion of both forms of gloves. Fig. let shows the blanks for the main half of gloves shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Figs. 15, 16, and 17 show the forms of plates used for uniting the edges of the blank and producing the natural form. Figs. 18 and 19 show a rivet for securing the main seams on the palm,

5 back, and other unexposed portions of the glove.

This invention relates to coarse gloves which are used in heavy manual labor, and is primarily designed to be used with what are known as corn-husking gloves, and its objects are to simplify and improve the method of securing together or uniting the several parts of the gloves, and having the blank for the main portion adapted to be formed into a complete glove or a complete half-glove, as may be desired, without any other or further change than leaving ofi" half of the portions used to form the complete glove. These objects I accomplish by the construction of glove illus- 5o trated in the accompanying drawings, which I will now proceed to describe in detail, afterward specifically pointing out the improvements in the claims.

In the drawings, A B 0 represent one part of the main portion of the glove, A being the palm and back, B the forefinger, and O the edge or part for the thumb. The blank for forming this portion is shown in Figs. 9 and 14, the form shown in Fig. 14 being used when the first finger is to be adapted to receive two fingers of the hand, and the form shown in Fig. 9 being used when the first finger is to be adapted to receive only one finger of the hand. On each edge of this blank is a series of holes, a, used in uniting the portion A to the other half of the glove, and a series of holes, b, for uniting the edges of the finger l3, and a series of holes, 0, for uniting the portion 0 to the other half of the thumb. In the form shown in Fig. 14 the outer end of the finger B has a tip or projection, B, in which is a series of holes, I), by means of which the tip or end, when folded over, is united to the finger, the holes 1) corresponding or coinciding with the holes I) in the edge of the finger. In the form shown in Fig. 9 two small tips or projections, B, are formed on the end of the finger, each having a hole, I), which, when the tip or end is folded over, correspond or coincide with the end holes, I), at the end of the finger. This blank is adapted to be used as a half-glove simply, and when so used the holes a can be omitted if desired, but no other change is necessary. I) E is the other half of the glove, D being the palm and back, E the last or little finger. The same blank is used for this half for either of the forms of glove shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and the blank for the same is shown in Fig. 13. On each edge of the portion D of this blank is a series of holes, d, which, when the blanks are folded, correspond or coincide with the holes a on the ed ge of the portion A, and along each edge of the finger E is aseries of holes, 0, which are provided for the purpose of uniting the edges when the blankis folded. 0n the end of the finger are two small tips or projections, B, each having a hole, 6, which, when the tip is folded over, correspond or coincide with the outer one of the holes 0.

F F are the middle fingers,which are either one or both, according as the blank of Fig. 14

or the blank of Fig. 9 is used, to be inserted or located between the fingers B E to complete the gloves. These fingers F are formed from the blank cut as shown in Figs. 11 and 12. On each edge is a series of holes, j, which are used for uniting or attaching the edges when the blank is folded, and on the end of the blank are two small ears or projections, B, each having a hole,f, which, when the end or tip is folded over, correspond or coincide with the outer one of the holesf. G is the other half or part of the thumb. It is cut from a blank like that shown in Fig. 10,which blank has on each edge a series of holes, 9, which, when the thumb is folded, correspond or coincide with the holes aim the blank A, and a series of holes, g, which are used for uniting or securing the edges of the thumb-piece when folded. On the end of this blank are two lips or projections, B, each having a hole, g, which, when the tip or end is folded over, correspond or coincide with the outer one of the holes 9. When the fingers of the main blanks are folded the edges of each blank will project inward at 'A A D D, forming a meansfor the attach mentof the other fingers, which have a projecting lip, F, in which are two holes, h, which correspond or coincide with the holes 71. in the finger-flaps A D, and the two inner holes,f, when the parts are folded over, correspond or coincide with the holes 71 in the finger-flaps A D. On the blank A is a lip or flap, G, havinga hole or holes, g, which correspond or coincide with the inner one of the holes 9.

H is a strap attached to the back of the part A,havinga series of holes to receive the tongue of the buckle H, which is attached to the part D, Fig. 5. By means of this strap and buckle the glove can be tightened about the wrist of the wearer. I is a strap attached to the part A ata point to pass around the hand at or near the middle, and having a series of holes to receive the tongue of the buckle I, attached to the short strap 1. This strap I is to be used only when the part A is intended for a halfglove, in which case the strap can be drawn so as to preserve the form of the half-glove on the handand prevent any inconvenience to the wearer from a tendency of the glove to crease or crinkle when in use.

J is the ordinary husking-pin, attached to the glove in the usual manner.

J is the ordinary thumb-shield, attached to the glove-thumb, as usual.

K are metal plates of an elongated shape, and having openings to receive rivets, by means of which the plates are attached to the fingers and palm and other portions of the glove where the materialneeds protection from wear. By giving these plates an elongated form a broad surface is presented, and two rivets can be used in fastening the plates in position, so as to render them less liable to be pulled off in use, and at the same time give a better protection to the glove. The rivets which attach these plates pass through the holes on the edges in the fingers and thumbs, and these holes are so located as to cause the edges to overlap when united and have this overlap come beneath the plates K.

L is a rivet having a circular form, and can be used for uniting the unexposed parts of the gloves. Bothforms of rivets are given a concave or dish shape, so that they will conform better to the shape of the hand.

In manufacture the blanks are cut and the holes pierced by means of suitable dies and punches; and it will be noticed that a reverse cut will produce the blanks for either hand, as desired, the form of the blanks being the same for both hands with this exception. YVhen the parts are folded rivets are passed through the coinciding holes a d, uniting the palm and back portions together. The finger B is folded over and the rivets for the plates K are passed through the edge or uniting holes, attaching the two edges and forming a seam on the palm of the glove or the finger which is held by the same plate, which affords protection in use. The finger E is folded over, and the edges united in the same manner as the finger B. The fingers F are united or attached to the back flaps, A D, of the parts A D, which pass through the coinciding holes 72. h. The finger is folded, and its edges united in the same manner as the finger B, the rivets for the lower plate, K, passing through the coinciding holes f i and uniting the finger to the palm of the glove. The thumb is attached to the part A by suitable rivets, which pass through .the coinciding holes 0 g, and it is folded and its edges united in the same-manner as the edges of the finger B, the rivets for the lower plate passing through the coinciding holes of the tongue and the thumb proper. The ends or tips of the several fingers and thumb are folded over and united to the'main portion by the rivets of the outer plate, K, which pass through the coinciding holes of the ends or tips and the main portion.

The straps'H I I may be attached to the glove by means of small-headed rivets or in any other well-known manner.

By cutting the blanks in the form shown and described and uniting the overlapping edges by means of elongated plates the seam is brought on the palm, and the same plateswhich aiford protection to the glove also afford the means for uniting the seams or edges, making.

a strong union between the parts, and at the same time affording the desired protection forthe glove.

The plates K may be used on the exposed orrivets, the laps A D projecting inside of the finger on the palm portion and closing any opening at that point.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A glove mainly formed from two parts or sections, one of which is adapted to form a hand, and the fingers being provided with the half-glove, substantially as and for the purtransversely-placed elongated metal plates, 10 poses specified. f all as herein shown and described.

2. A g ove consisting 0 two sections con 5 structed to be connected together at their ad- WILLIAM HALL joining edges and form the hand portions and Witnesses: the fingers, the said sections overlapping and O. W. BOND, united to bring the seams in the palm of the HEINR. F. BURAs. 

